Turtle Nest

Aruni returns to the land of her birth, Sri Lanka, aching to discover the truth about her mother, the wild and sensual beach girl, Mala.

Happy for the first time in her life, Aruni believes she has found the place to which she belongs. But as the tragic story of Mala’s life unfolds, Aruni finds that belonging makes its own relentless claims …

Turtle Nest is about the search for true restfulness in an impassioned world. A compelling, disturbing, intensely readable novel by the acclaimed author of If the moon smiled.